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Out of the Revolution: The Development of Africana Studies »

Authors: Delores P. Aldridge
ISBN-13: 9780739101117, ISBN-10: 0739101110
Format: Hardcover
Publisher: The Rowman & Littlefield Publishing Group Inc
Date Published: December 2002
Edition: (Non-applicable)

Author Biography: Delores P. Aldridge

Delores P. Aldridge is Grace Towns Hamilton Distinguished Professor of Sociology and African American Studies at Emory University. Carlene Young is Professor Emerita of Psychology at San Jose State University.

Book Synopsis

In Out of the Revolution, Delores P. Aldridge and Carlene Young collect thirty-one of the nation's top scholars to provide a complete reference for understanding the impetus for, the development of, and future considerations for the discipline of _Africana_ studies. Topics addressed include epistemological considerations; humanistic perspectives; the role of bureaucracy and the academic institution; the social, psychological, political, and economic dimensions; the position of black women in the field; and how the discipline has empowered the black student. This invaluable resource for educators and students alike concludes with a look at graduates in Africana studies and their careers and a discussion of the future of the field.

	Foreword	ix
	Preface	xi
Part I.	Introduction	1
1.	Historical Development and Introduction to the Academy	3
Part II.	Theoretical and Philosophical Perspectives	13
2.	The Field and Function of Black Studies: Toward an Accurate Assessment of the State of Black Studies in the 1970s and 1980s	15
3.	Paradigms in Black Studies	25
4.	Epistemological Considerations in Afro-American Studies	39
5.	Africana Studies and Epistemology	59
Part III.	Development and Institutionalization: The Twentieth Century	77
6.	Black Studies, Student Activism, and the Academy	79
7.	Africana Studies at Tennessee State University: Traditions and Diversity	93
8.	The Early Years of Three Major Professional Black Studies Organizations	115
9.	The Academy as an Institution: Bureaucracy and African-American Studies	133
10.	Education in a Multicultural Society: The Role of Black Studies	147
Part IV.	Black Women and Africana Studies	163
11.	Black Women, Feminism, and Black Studies	165
12.	The Missing Link: Women in Black/Africana Studies	177
13.	Towards Integrating Africana Women into Africana Studies	191
14.	Africana Womanism: An Overview	205
Part V.	Social, Psychological, Political, and Economic Dimensions in Africana Studies	219
15.	Power and Group Identity among African Americans: A Sociopsychological Analysis	221
16.	In the Wake of Destruction: Ujamaa Circle Process Therapy and Black Family Healing	247
17.	Para-Apartheid: The Origins of a Construct for Understanding Organizing of the Black Ghetto	267
Part VI.	Africana Studies in the Diaspora	285
18.	Black Studies and Historically Black Colleges and Universities: Towards a New Synthesis	287
19.	The Status of Africana/African-Brazilian Studies at Selected Universities in Brazil	315
20.	The Afro-Mexican: A History Relatively Untouched	325
Part VII.	Humanistic Perspectives in Africana Studies	335
21.	Toward an Understanding of the Black Image in the Visual Arts as Seen through Filmic Metaphor	337
22.	African-American Humanism in an Age of Africana Studies	357
23.	African-American Folklore and the Diaspora	369
24.	Africanisms in African-American Music	379
25.	Black Theology, Black Churches, and Black Women	407
26.	Black Theology and the Black Woman	427
Part VIII.	Africana/Black Studies as an Agent of Empowerment for Student Development	445
27.	Political Philosophy and African Americans in Pursuit of Equality	447
28.	African-American Studies in Libraries: Collection Development and Management Priorities	459
29.	Public Education and African-American Studies	471
30.	Stop-outs: African-American Participation in Adult Education	491
31.	Computers and Black Studies: Toward the Cognitive Revolution	507
Part IX.	Africana/Black Studies in American Higher Education: Yesterday and Today	517
32.	Status of Africana/Black Studies in Higher Education in the U.S.	519
Part X.	Prospectus on the Future	537
	Overview	539
	Rationale for Africana Studies	540
	Graduates and Careers	542
	Trends and Prognosis	543
	Summary and Conclusion	544
	Appendix	545
	Selected References	549
	Index	553
	About the Contributors	581